Chapter 55 It's only natural
Yu Li is always a woman of action. While asking the question, she had already started to lift up Qi Chenyan's shirt.
Caught off guard, I was dazzled by the man's well-trained, evenly defined muscles.
What's even more pathetic is that she stared at those eight-pack abs and subconsciously swallowed.
Then, a man's teasing chuckle sounded from above: "Satisfied now?"
The tone of the question was as if she were asking, "Does your husband's physique make him look bad as his wife?"
"Male model level, a piece of cake."
Yu Li didn't know what was wrong with her. Maybe the atmosphere of chatting with Qi Chenyan just now was too harmonious, so much so that she had a sudden lapse in judgment and subconsciously felt like she was gossiping with her best friend.
The answer came out without even going through my brain.
After she finished speaking, Yu Li belatedly realized what she had said and tried to look away, but when she met the man's teasing gaze with a smile, she felt that she couldn't back down.
It's only natural for a wife to look after her husband, so why is she feeling guilty?
She shouldn't feel guilty; she should be confident and assertive!
But soon, Yu Li's attention shifted from her abs to her right side.
There was a hideous scar there, about the length and width of a thumb.
Judging from the degree of healing of the scar, it is an old wound that has been there for many years. On this point, Qi Chenyan was not lying.
However, judging from the size of the scar, it's not as simple as Qi Chenyan's understated statement that he was injured in the past.
Moreover, since the injury is in this location, if an organ is damaged, it will cause massive bleeding, which would be fatal.
Her heart skipped a beat as she looked at it, and she couldn't help but reach out and touch the hideous scar with her fingertips.
But as soon as they touched, Qi Chenyan grabbed her wrist.
"Don't touch it, it's ugly, it'll scare you."
Even the perfectionist Director Qi will one day show a side of insecurity in front of others.
But Yu Li shook her head firmly and pressed her fingertip against the scar.
She gently caressed every inch of his skin, as if kissing his scars with tenderness, causing Qi Chenyan's breath to catch and his heart to pound.
"It must have hurt a lot, right? You must have been really scared."
No one truly finds death easy.
Such a deep and hideous scar—how much pain Qi Chenyan must have felt back then, and how terrified he must have been of death.
Qi Chenyan didn't stop her anymore. He just lowered his head slightly. From his angle, he could clearly see his wife's eyes reflected in his own, revealing an undisguised heartache.
"At that moment, all I could think about was that my comrade had shown me photos of his wife and daughter just last night. His daughter had just been born, but he couldn't be by her side when she gave birth because he was on a mission."
"He even needs to see a picture of his daughter to know what she looks like. But this mission was extremely dangerous. If he doesn't survive, he asked me to take a picture of her so that I can send it to his wife and daughter."
"So when the explosion happened, I thought, since I'm not married, I can't let a happy family lose its father overnight."
Qi Chenyan disregarded his own life and death, and selflessly shielded his comrade with his own body.
Fortunately, something fell down, barely shielding Qi Chenyan from a fatal blow and saving his life.
However, he was so badly injured at the time that he was in critical condition several times.
In the end, it was only through sheer willpower that he was able to escape death.
He had originally intended to return to the army, but this serious injury terrified the Qi family.
In particular, Old Master Qi insisted that Qi Chenyan must retire from the military.
Whatever he wants to do, as long as he's not in the military and constantly facing unknown risks, he doesn't ask for anything else as long as he can stay alive.
Of course, Qi Chenyan wouldn't listen; he still wanted to go back.
However, his injury left serious aftereffects, and even with his best efforts to recover, he was unable to return to his previous physical condition.
In the end, he was forced to change careers and leave the battlefield.
When Qi Chenyan finished recounting this past event, his tone seemed calm, but Yu Li keenly sensed the undercurrent beneath the calm.
It is a longing for the past military life, and even more so, a regret for the unavoidable transfer to civilian life.
Yu Li suddenly opened her arms and hugged him.
"It turns out that our Director Qi is not only a master debater, but also a sharpshooter. He can speak eloquently and fight fiercely. The netizens' understanding of you is less than one ten-thousandth; their information is outdated."
"Only I know how amazing, outstanding, and heroic my husband is. Let them envy me!"
Qi Chenyan had never known before that his wife's embrace was so warm, like a spring breeze, different from that of his comrades-in-arms and his family.
She soothed his regrets about the past in a joking tone.
And then, using current evaluations, he affirms both his past and present.
Qi Chenyan chuckled lightly: "I have such a good wife who can comfort people, they should be envious of me."
Yu Li blushed and was about to let go when Qi Chenyan reached out and hugged her back.
Compared to her more buddy-like hug, Qi Chenyan's hug was tighter and more secure.
It felt like hearts touching hearts, hearing each other's already erratic heartbeats.
At this moment, their hearts are connected, and they are closest to each other.
"Thanks."
He said.
Qi Chenyan has never spoken of these past events in front of outsiders.
Whether in the presence of family, friends, colleagues, or enemies, in their eyes, Qi Chenyan is invincible and omnipotent.
But everyone has weaknesses and moments of vulnerability.
Qi Chenyan is not without vulnerability, but he is good at disguising it. Moreover, due to the nature of his profession, he cannot expose his vulnerability to others.
But tonight, he felt as if he had been adrift in the vast ocean for a very long time, and finally glimpsed a glimmer of light and saw a harbor where he could rest.
Qi Chenyan's heart stirred, and his thin lips moved as if he wanted to say something more.
Yu Li, on the other hand, was very generous and patted him on the shoulder.
"We're like family, no need to be so polite."
Very well, the originally pleasant ambiguous atmosphere was completely ruined by Yu Li's "we're just good buddies".
Qi Chenyan swallowed back the words that were about to come out.
Yu Li didn't know when she fell asleep.
She was so tired that she only remembered comforting Qi Chenyan for a few words before her eyelids started to droop.
Qi Chenyan turned off the lights in the ward, leaving only a small nightlight on.
He sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at his young wife's beautiful sleeping face.
He looked at it for several minutes before tucking the blanket in.
Yu Li went to sleep, but he didn't have time to sleep.
He told Yu Li that he had taken leave and would stay to take care of him.
Although he took leave, a lot of things still need to be dealt with.
To avoid disturbing Yu Li, Qi Chenyan went to the break room next door to handle his work.
The teacher called at that moment.
"I heard there was a family emergency. This is the first time I've seen you on a business trip. You had to take leave at the last minute to rush back. Was it a difficult situation? Have you taken care of it? Do you need any help?"
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